Current News on Fracking

In the news today fracking is being brought forward and people are becoming more aware. Some places are banning it, and others are spreading the word. It is awesome that it is being made more public because light will then be shed on such a negative topic and bring it to the attention of the public. In an article about a small New York town that bans fracking, we learn about how from that ban a lawsuit is being tried in New York. Also it states that NY is now deciding whether fracking will be made illegal in the state. This is very positive. If some where like New York bans fracking, it may some day become illegal in the entire U.S. saving tons of people from chemical poisoning. 

Another new piece of information came out saying that a natural gas produced by fracking is reducing America's greenhouse gas emissions. The article "Fracking won't fix the climate" talks about how this is true, but only to a certain extent. According to the article, fracking is only reducing a small amount of the greenhouse gas emissions; and because of this, by fracking we are only delaying our country in switching to more sustainable ways to obtain energy. Fracking our way to cleaner air will only be slowing our overall process in saving our world from greenhouse gas emissions.

All states in red are ones in which drilling is occurring. Fracking is occurring in the majority of states in the U.S.